Downs’ Cross Roads
Galena, Maryland
On this site stood the tavern erected by William Downs in 1763. Burned in 1893, George Washington stopped here in 1774 en route to and from the first Continental Congress. He traveled this road on his eight visits to Kent County.
Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (Maryland Route 213) and Cross Street (Maryland Route 290), on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
